Water and Land
This file appears in: Site 7: First to Third Streets — The 1894 Waterfront Riot: Murder Comes to the Levee
Overgrown shrubbery meets centuries old docks where port workers once toiled from dawn until dusk. It was here where, on ships docked along the levee, and on the shore, where Black screwmen were attacked and murdered for daring to work when the White screwmen were on strike.
This file appears in: Site 7: First to Third Streets — The 1894 Waterfront Riot: Murder Comes to the Levee
Site 7: First to Third Streets — The 1894 Waterfront Riot: Murder Comes to the Levee
Gun smoke mingled with steam rising from smokestacks of British ships docked along the levee. Rifle shots replaced the usual sounds of the port. The rattling of carts and longshoremen singing shanteys…